Undressed by doctor

^^^^ The same thing goes for auscultation when pendulous breasts are in the way.

The patient is almost always asked to hold their breast--not the doctor.

It depends on the reason why I am at the doctor. During my annual physical I am shirtless and in my underwear. When I contract bronchitis my doctor usually requests that I remove my shirt and undershirt. A few times I have been stethed in my undershirt or she will lift my undershirt to listen to my heart and lungs. I have always been asked to remove my boxer briefs for the testicular and prostate exam. I do not recall any doctor removing any article of clothing from my body. Perhaps as a young child but nothing I can remember.

Susie I actually lift the breast up with my left hand while listening to the heart. To have the patient lift it up tends to be uncomfortable for them and distorts the anatomy of the chest a little bit.

^^^^ Do you get a good feel?????? 😁 😁 😁

I'm kidding.

We were taught to have the patient do it. Do you think the patient's ipsilateral hand coming from under their breast changes the chest anatomy that much?

No it doesn't change that much. I don't get a good feel because after all it's just biz.

I've seen loads of doctors and medical students use the back of their hand to lift the breast. Less invasive.

During my last physical the doctor unbuttoned my shirt and had his stethoscope on my chest while asking me questions about my history.

I would be surprised that anyone in a medical setting would get "rock hard"! I never did.

Never had a doc do anything with clothing. If he wants briefs down, he'll ask me to do it. Same with unbuttoning my shirt. My cardiologist has on occasion just reached in my shirt with the steth. But then I only go to real docs with the proper degrees and specialized training. I even know where most of them live.

This is more something that happens during those young years..,not so much as an adult...

I have had them usually slide the stethoscope under my shirt. If they request me to raise my shirt I will. If the doctor says he needs to check my breathing and heartbeat when standing away from me I will lift my shirt up in a jiffy!

The doctor then instructs me to lay on the bed so that he may check my stomach. I was wearing a pull so he had to lift my shirt up quite a bit to be able to check it. The doctor proceeds to go lower and lower until he reaches the top of my cargo shorts. He pops the button and pulls down on the zipper. He pulls my shorts down below my knees...

I had forgotten about this but the last time I was stethed my doctor was examining me frustratedly looking for the cause of an infection. I had UTI symptoms and elevated white blood cells but nothing was coming up on dipstick or culture so she was looking for any infection elsewhere. She examined my ears, throat etc and then without asking she pulled up my shirt at the back to listen to my lungs. She got confused by the layers I was wearing underneath - a camisole tucked into a high waisted merino wool skirt. She was tugging at it saying, 'is this a dress?' and I was kind of laughing and thinking if you had just asked me, I could have disentangled it for you.

I totally didn't care though, I was so sick I was resigned to her poking and prodding at me. In the end she couldn't find anything wrong but she said 'you look sick, and you have a fever, so I'm prescribing antibiotics.' My temp was only 37.5. I had been sick for about three weeks, but as soon as I started taking the antibiotics I was better in a couple of days. I think it was a UTI, but weird that it didn't come up on dipstick or culture. Another GP I saw refused to believe anything was wrong and was going to send me to a haematologist for the elevated white blood cells. Post antibiotics my WBC went back to normal and the UTI symptoms stopped.

That's the only time a doctor has undressed me.

I think it's a very bad idea to remove the patient's clothing or to unfasten or unsnap it. I was taught to not do this at any cost. Imagine if someone did this to you. It's invasion of their space. When you have had more experience you will appreciate the niceties of this more. Also as I've said elsewhere one can't hear well with clothing or bras on. Have the patient dressed in a gown and drape first and then move this to strategically expose what must be examined. The first time you miss an aortic blow you'll know why.

I must agree with Liquidsky on this point its better to have the patient where possible remove their clothing, unsnap or unfasten. I was taught the same you never know how a patient will react , best to be safe than sorry as it only takes a hint of any impropriety for you to get a reputation. Something you most definitely do not want at any stage of your career:

I was taught to not do this at any cost. Imagine if someone did this to you. It's invasion of their space. When you have had more experience you will appreciate the niceties of this more.

The only instance I would do this, is if the patient is unable too and ask for my assistance that way I'm assured nothing can be misconstrued and only remove the minimum needed for the examination to proceed. Patient modesty is of utmost importance in all situations where articles of clothing need to be removed, unsnapped and unfasten.

RN has said it most succinctly as usual. The only time I remove the clothing is when the patient arrives in extremis or in cardiac arrest. Then I may even cut off the clothes to gain access.

When I was getting my teenage exams, about 15 y/o or so, the doctor would always undo my belt, button, zipper of my shorts and open them himself while saying something along the lines of "alright, we need to take a look down below." He would then fasten most of it back when he was finished, but typically would leave the belt for me to do since it was easier.

When I got an exam at 22, I was wearing boxers under a small gown. The gown was in the way and not doing much anyway, so the doctor just grabbed it and pulled it off without saying anything to do the steth. Later he told me to drop my boxers myself so he could examine my genitals.

SO far I was always asked to do it. But could be a new excitim Thing if doctor does without asking me.

When I used to get a physical at my primary care doctor he would have me in my underwear and would lift up the band of my briefs or boxers to peek inside and to touch and feel around. I had to have a ct scan done when I was 13 because I had a lot of stomach problems. I had to drink this aweful chalk tasting white stuff. I then had to lay on an xray table and the technician told me to loosen my trousers and to pull them down and inch or two Because of the metal zipper and button would interfere with the xray picture. I was then covered over with a blanket and was told to put my arms above my head and was injected with a die or contrast solution which gave me a metallic taste in my mouth. She then went into her office and then a few minutes later she came out and was breathing kinda heavy and took a sigh/deep breath and she lifted the blanket off of me and took and violently yaked my jeans down to my knees. then covered me back over with the blanket. I remember her face being really red and blushing when she came out to yank them down.

I'm sorry but I have a hard time imagining any doctor with any experience blushing anytime. Also why be examined once a month? Are you sure this isn't wishful thinking ?

Only in my school medical were pants taken down by doctor. I have had one exam by a real Doctor since and was asked to remove my clothing myself. I think in UK if Doctor was to remove your clothing himself he could be opening himself up to a whole load of trouble. I think it's always better to ask as patient may decline.

When I was a Child the pediatrician mostly asked me to remove or roll up/down clothes: sometimes when I was allowed to keep a White t-shirt on the doctor rolled it up by herself for chest or heart auscultation and before starting abdominal exam, if I wore briefs and doctor didn't ask me to remove, she asked me to move my bottom while she pulled down briefs to the knees or ankles. I do the same before performing abdominal exam to my female patients if i dont't perform a successive genitorectal exam.

I just had the test once. She was an X-ray tech and yes she was blushing.

The only time thats ever happened was when I was 6 in for my check up, she took off everything even my undies and I didn't mind at all.

When you are lying on a medical table for an examination It is rather common to have a doctor who asks at you to unbutton your trouser and then he or she pulled down it and the underwear in the same time, just a little if it is for a palpation of the belly and the part of the body just over the penis, and a little more if it is or to look at the penis or sometimes he or she pulled down your trouser completely and the underwear if necessary.

Normally when you are standing, the doctor is more often asking you to pull down yourself your trouser and underwear

At school, as we were in brief (obviously I don't talk of the cases when we were naked), the both situations happened but mainly it was the doctor who pulled down the brief.

At job examinations it was the same, either we were instructed to take off the underwear when necessary or it was the doctor who pulled it down

Only a few experiences of having a doctor or nurse undress me some. One is the type where the doctor pulls down the front of my briefs when I'm lying not the exam table so he can check my lower abdomen. He doesn't pull my briefs all the way down but just enough to feel that part of my lower stomach just above the groin. Another is what a doctor did years ago when he would tell me to come off the exam table and stand in front of him for the hernia exam. This doctor would start pulling my underpants down and then tell me to drop them to my ankles. As a kid, it was routine to get rectal temps after I was already undressed to my briefs. The nurse would have me lie on my stomach and then pull my shorts down so she could insert the thermometer. I have never had a doctor completely undress me but I have been exposed in this ways.

As a child, my pediatrician would unfasten and lower my pants and underwear himself while I was lying down. When I was older, the same pediatrician would have me stand and drop my pants myself.

During my physicals as an adult, I've always done all the undressing. The one exception was when I had a free skin cancer screening at work. I was dressed in my underwear and a gown and the dermatologist lowered my underwear herself once when I was standing to check my rear and anus and then again when I was lying down to check my pubic region and genitals.

Once I had some pain in my pubis, near to the root of my penis. The doctor asked me to lay on the table and pull down my pants a little. She started to palpate my pubis and in a sudden pulled down my pants exposing my genital area and started to examine my penis! I got so nervous that I ejaculated! Lucky me I pulled my pants up and she didn't see. I told her I felt a strong pain and need to urinate.

My doctor asks me to take off everything but socks and underpants for my annual physical. But during the exam itself, he pulls my underpants down when needed for genital and rectal exams.

I went through some embarrassing exams end of last year into this year involving my genital area which involved numerous doctors, specialists and dermatologists. I thought it was all over and last week I went to doctors for medication for something different. It was an older lady doctor and I thought it was just in and out but she started asking questions about my earlier symptoms and asked if it had cleared up, I answered yes partly but slowly going away, she then asked me to go behind screen and pull trousers down leaving underwear on, as I wasn't expecting this I was nervous as it was an older lady. I was relieved I had nice pants on. I was expecting her just to move waistband down slightly to inspect as is what she did to start!!!! But then she poked round under the testicle area while pants still on, then to my surprise she tells me to pop my shoes and trousers off and jump on bed, once on bed after gloving up again she returned only to pull my pants down and seem to feel about for ages, lifting my t shirt up also checking abdomen I was practically naked at this point, nervous as hell as it was a lady. She then pulled my pants up gave me a cheeky grin and said I'll give you some steroid cream for this and left me to get dressed again. Don't know why but back in the seat at desk I was Crimson and couldn't look her in eye lol